jampan

1. (India, chiefly historical) Synonym of dandy or tonjon, a kind of open sedan chair, particularly one with its main pole suspended from smaller poles borne on the shoulders of two pairs of porters.Examples: "At a hill-station ladies are carried in jampans, which are open doolies."Synonyms: dandy or tonjonIndiahistorical

2. (Malaysia, chiefly historical) Synonym of mihaffa, a kind of enclosed litter, principally for women.Examples: "... we find in Crawfurd's Malay Dict. "Jampana... a kind of litter"... It may have been originally in India, as it is now in the Straits, a closed litter for ladies of rank, and the word may have become appropriated to the open conveyance in which European ladies are carried."Synonyms: mihaffaMalaysiahistorical